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Denormalizing a Historical Problem: Teen Pregnancy, Policy, and Public Health Action
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Kandakai, Tina L.; Smith, Leonie C. R. – American Journal of Health Behavior, 2007
Objective: To explore the impact of teen-adult sexual relationships as a public health threat and the effectiveness of statutory rape laws in protecting adolescent children. Methods: A comprehensive review of current literature surrounding child abuse, teen pregnancy, and statutory rape was conducted. Results: Of one million teen girls who become…
Descriptors: Empowerment, Rape, Child Abuse, Public Health
After the Forest: AIDS as Ecological Collapse in Thailand.
Usher, Ann Danaiya – Development Dialogue, 1992
The steady degradation of Thailand's forests is related to the emergence of AIDS in the same period. Environmental erosion and the unraveling of rural cultures founded on particular ecosystems are among the pressures that force young people to leave villages and enter the sex industry, exposing them to AIDS. (KS)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Drug Use, Ecology, Females
AIDS: A National Dilemma.
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Issues in Science and Technology, 1987
Contains excerpts from a special study on the AIDS epidemic by the Institute of Medicine and National Academy of Sciences. Presents an overview of the problem, outlines educational needs and public health measures, and identifies future research needs. (ML)
Descriptors: Communicable Diseases, Diseases, Health Education, Public Health
Editorial: The Double Bind in Science Policy and the Protection of Women from HIV Infection.
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Stein, Zena A. – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
The double-bind message given women about preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection suggests that, if a partner will not use a condom, the woman should use a spermicide. The debate about the protection offered by spermicides is reviewed, and research on prevention effectiveness is urged. (SLD)
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Condoms, Contraception, Disease Control
Obstacles to Reducing AIDS among African Americans.
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Quimby, Ernest – Journal of Black Psychology, 1993
Explores hindrances to sustaining African-American mobilization against Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Major obstacles include the following: (1) objective conditions; (2) attitudes toward sexuality; (3) perceptions about substance abuse and AIDS; and (4) conflicting policy views. Public health education has not been sufficient in the…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Black Attitudes, Blacks, Disease Control
Finding Ways to Effectively Prevent Sexual Abuse by Youth
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Klein, Alisa; Tabachnick, Joan – Prevention Researcher, 2002
Youth with sexual behavior problems pose a complicated challenge to the society. Yet the society has succeeded in developing only a limited range of actions and attitudes to grapple with and prevent this problem. Very few of the social service and criminal justice systems have rallied to create compassionate models that not only address and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Violence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse
Living with AIDS: Part II.
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Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1989
A series of articles concerning various aspects of AIDS and the dilemmas it poses for U.S. society, culture, and government are presented, in this theme issue, e.g., "Introduction to the Issue" (K. Keniston); "Prospects for the Medical Control of the AIDS Epidemic" (W. Haseltine); "Social Policy: AIDS and Intravenous Drug Use" (N. Zinberg);…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Chronic Illness, Communicable Diseases, Disease Control